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 Dying to Self

[b]DYING TO SELF[/b]

When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don't sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in all in patient, loving silence.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any impunctuality, or any annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility-and endure it as Jesus endured.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When you are content with any food, any offering, any climate, any society, any raiment, any interruption by the will of God.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendations, when you can truly love to be unknown.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself and can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF

Are you dead yet? In these last days, the Spirit would bring us to the cross.

"That I may know Him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death." Phil.3:10


 2009/2/10 16:48
sojourner7
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 Re: Dying to Self

We must come to the cross and deny self before
we can be raised to life again!! Good Word !!


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Martin G. Smith

 2009/2/10 17:39Profile
pastorfrin
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 Re: Dying to Self

Hi Roniya,

The only way we will ever really know Him, is to deny self.

Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.


Thank you for this, something we all should let sink in.

In His Love
pastorfrin

 2009/2/10 18:03Profile









 Re: Dying to Self

Quote:
Are you dead yet?



Yes, actually.

I am dead in Christ, and in Him I am risen again.
All who are in Christ, died when He died and rose when He rose.

We are new creations in Christ.

Now if the question is, "Do you react or act like Christ in every situation? ", then no, I do not. But, like all believers, We are working out our salvation with fear and trembling.

 2009/2/10 18:03





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